Through games of Sept. 30, 2023:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (24) | 4-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 4-0 | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater (1) | 4-0 | 562 | 4 |
| 4 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 554 | 3 |
| 5 | UW-River Falls | 4-0 | 502 | 6 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-1 | 498 | 5 |
| 7 | St. John's | 3-1 | 466 | 7 |
| 8 | Linfield | 3-0 | 433 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 413 | 9 |
| 10 | Randolph-Macon | 4-0 | 385 | 11 |
| 11 | Susquehanna | 5-0 | 337 | 12 |
| 12 | John Carroll | 3-1 | 306 | 14 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-1 | 303 | 10 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 3-1 | 285 | 13 |
| 15 | Aurora | 4-0 | 273 | 15 |
| 16 | Ithaca | 3-1 | 246 | 17 |
| 17 | Cortland | 3-1 | 225 | 16 |
| 18 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-1 | 197 | 18 |
| 19 | Alma | 5-0 | 186 | 19 |
| 20 | Endicott | 4-1 | 180 | 21 |
| 21 | Muhlenberg | 4-0 | 103 | 23 |
| 22 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-3 | 93 | 22 |
| 23 | Grove City | 5-0 | 70 | -- |
| 24 | Delaware Valley | 3-1 | 56 | 25 |
| 25 | Berry | 3-1 | 39 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 20 UW-Oshkosh; No. 24 Carnegie Mellon.
Others receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh 34; DePauw 32; Carnegie Mellon 27; Washington U. 22; Bethel 17; Union 14; Coe 11; Albion 11; Utica 10; Belhaven 7; Trinity (Conn.) 4; Lake Forest 2; Maryville (Tenn.) 2; Christopher Newport 2; RPI 1.
The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.